: run/runner/messenger 1) to run 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to run 1a2) runners (participle as subst) 1b) (Polel) to run swiftly, dart 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring or move quickly, hurry 1c2) to drive away from, cause to run away
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H7323 — רוּץ
ruts · to run: run · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 18:2 · וַיָּ֤רָץAnd Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.Genesis 18:7 · רָ֣ץMeanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.Genesis 24:17 · וַיָּ֥רָץSo the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”Genesis 24:20 · וַתָּ֥רָץAnd she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.Genesis 24:28 · וַתָּ֙רָץ֙The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.Genesis 24:29 · וַיָּ֨רָץNow Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.Genesis 29:12 · וַתָּ֖רָץHe told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.Genesis 29:13 · וַיָּ֤רָץWhen Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.Genesis 33:4 · וַיָּ֨רָץEsau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.Genesis 41:14 · וַיְרִיצֻ֖הוּSo Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.Numbers 11:27 · וַיָּ֣רָץA young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”Numbers 16:47 · וַיָּ֙רָץ֙So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.Joshua 7:22 · וַיָּרֻ֖צוּSo Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.Joshua 8:19 · וַיָּר֙וּצוּ֙and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.Judges 7:21 · וַיָּ֧רָץEach Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.Judges 13:10 · וַתָּ֖רָץThe woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”1 Samuel 3:5 · וַיָּ֣רָץHe ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.1 Samuel 4:12 · וַיָּ֤רָץThat same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.1 Samuel 8:11 · וְרָצ֖וּHe said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.1 Samuel 10:23 · וַיָּרֻ֙צוּ֙So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.1 Samuel 17:17 · וְהָרֵ֥ץOne day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.1 Samuel 17:22 · וַיָּ֖רָץThen David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.1 Samuel 17:48 · וַיָּ֥רָץAs the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.1 Samuel 17:51 · וַיָּ֣רָץDavid ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.1 Samuel 20:6 · לָרוּץ֙If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’1 Samuel 20:36 · רֻ֗ץ · רָ֔ץHe said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.1 Samuel 22:17 · לָרָצִים֩Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.2 Samuel 15:1 · רָצִ֥יםSome time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.2 Samuel 18:19 · אָר֣וּצָהThen Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”2 Samuel 18:21 · וַיָּרֹֽץ׃So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.2 Samuel 18:22 · אָרֻֽצָה־ · רָץ֙Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”2 Samuel 18:23 · אָר֔וּץ · ר֑וּץ · וַיָּ֤רָץ“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.2 Samuel 18:24 · רָ֥ץNow David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.2 Samuel 18:26 · רָץ֒ · רָ֣ץthe watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.2 Samuel 22:30 · אָר֣וּץFor in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.1 Kings 1:5 · רָצִ֥יםAt that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.1 Kings 14:27 · הָרָצִ֔יםThen King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.1 Kings 14:28 · הָֽרָצִ֔ים · הָרָצִֽים׃And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.1 Kings 18:46 · וַיָּ֙רָץ֙And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.1 Kings 19:20 · וַיָּ֙רָץ֙So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”2 Kings 4:22 · וְאָר֛וּצָהAnd the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”2 Kings 4:26 · רֽוּץ־Please run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”2 Kings 5:20 · רַ֣צְתִּיGehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”2 Kings 5:21 · רָ֣ץSo Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”2 Kings 10:25 · לָרָצִ֨ים · הָֽרָצִים֙When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.2 Kings 11:4 · וְלָ֣רָצִ֔יםThen in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son2 Kings 11:6 · הָרָצִ֑יםa third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—2 Kings 11:11 · הָרָצִ֜יםAnd the guards stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.2 Kings 11:13 · הָֽרָצִ֖יןWhen Athaliah heard the noise from the guards and the people, she went out to the people in the house of the LORD.2 Kings 11:19 · הָרָצִ֜ים · הָרָצִ֖יםHe took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,2 Kings 23:12 · וַיָּ֣רָץHe pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.2 Chronicles 12:10 · הָרָצִ֔יםThen King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.2 Chronicles 12:11 · הָרָצִים֙ · הָרָצִֽים׃And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.2 Chronicles 23:12 · הָֽרָצִ֔יםWhen Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD.2 Chronicles 30:6 · הָרָצִ֨יםAt the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.2 Chronicles 30:10 · הָרָצִ֜יםAnd the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.2 Chronicles 35:13 · וַיָּרִ֖יצוּThey roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.Esther 3:13 · הָרָצִים֮And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.Esther 3:15 · הָֽרָצִ֞יםThe couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.Esther 8:10 · הָרָצִ֨יםMordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.Esther 8:14 · הָרָצִ֞יםThe couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.Job 9:25 · רָ֑ץMy days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.Job 15:26 · יָר֣וּץrushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.Job 16:14 · יָרֻ֖ץHe breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.Psalm 18:29 · אָרֻ֣ץFor in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.Psalm 19:5 · לָר֥וּץLike a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,Psalm 59:4 · יְרוּצ֣וּןFor no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.Psalm 68:31 · תָּרִ֥יץEnvoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.Psalm 119:32 · אָר֑וּץI run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.Psalm 147:15 · יָר֥וּץHe sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.Proverbs 1:16 · יָר֑וּצוּFor their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.Proverbs 4:12 · תָּ֝ר֗וּץWhen you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.Proverbs 6:18 · לָר֥וּץa heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,Proverbs 18:10 · יָר֖וּץThe name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.Song of Solomon 1:4 · נָּר֑וּצָהTake me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.Isaiah 40:31 · יָר֙וּצוּ֙But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.Isaiah 55:5 · יָר֑וּצוּSurely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”Isaiah 59:7 · יָרֻ֔צוּTheir feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.Jeremiah 12:5 · רַ֙צְתָּה֙“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?Jeremiah 23:21 · רָ֑צוּI did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.Jeremiah 49:19 · אֲרִיצֶ֨נּוּBehold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Jeremiah 50:44 · אֲרִיצֵם֙Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”Jeremiah 51:31 · רָ֤ץ · רָץ֙ · יָר֔וּץOne courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.Daniel 8:6 · וַיָּ֥רָץHe came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.Amos 6:12 · הַיְרֻצ֤וּן“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—Nahum 2:4 · יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.Habakkuk 2:2 · יָר֖וּץThen the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.Haggai 1:9 · רָצִ֖יםYou expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.Zechariah 2:4 · רֻ֗ץand said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.